shiny & satisfying

did you ever win any amazing & exciting awards/trophies in your youth? i'm pretty sure this trophy was from Upward church-league basketball back in... '96-'97? i was horrible, and didn't add much to that team's dynamic... but hey.. i tried, right? and WHAM! got a trophy in the end. sure it was plastic... but it was a shiny reward nonetheless. sometimes it's these "everybody's a winner" awards that go that extra mile... or those congratulatory words for putting forth the effort, no matter the result... or a blue ribbon... or a high five.. or a scratch & sniff sticker on a B+ spelling quiz.

reach for the gold, but don't let it be the end of the world if you get silver or bronze... cuz maybe your bronze is somebody else's gold. at least you won something, at all.


(i really just intended on posting a ridiculous web-cam picture... the rest of the blog just came to me after posting the pic. maybe it makes some sense... or maybe it's 3-ish a.m. nonsense.... oh well, hope it was enjoyable!)